About Me: Erin Bevec (eb1349)

Background

Born in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Erin attended Great Valley High School and played competitive softball. Earning an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Scholarship upon graduation, Erin attended the University of Rochester in upstate New York where she pursued two degrees in Statistics and Epidemiology. Erin held membership in Army ROTC and the University of Rochester Varsity Softball team during undergrad. She also participated in undergraduate research. After graduating from undergrad, Erin moved to the District of Columbia. She works full time as a data science consultant, part time as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve, and simultanoeusly attends Georgetown University in pursuit of an M.S. in Data Science & Analytics.

Education

Institution

  • University of Rochester
  • University of Rochester
  • Georgetown University

Degree

  • B.S. Statistics
  • B.A. Epidemiology
  • M.S. Data Science & Analytics

Graduation

  • May 2023
  • May 2023
  • Anticipated: May 2025

Professional Experiences

Internships

Company

  1. Envision2bWell
  2. Tethra Technologies
  3. Merck & Co. 
  4. Jensen Hughes

Role

  1. Content Writer Intern
  2. Machine Learning/Software Engineering Intern
  3. Global Data Operations Intern
  4. Machine Learning Intern

Academic Research

Levandowski Laboratory

Conducted sexual and reproductive health research including a mixed-methods survey analysis and the optimization of methodological practice in SRH.

Thakar Laboratory

Conducted bioninformatics research in the fields of immnology and virology. Focused on survey and genomics data derived from a cohort study on atopic disease in distinct populations.

Post Graduate Roles

Platoon Leader, 411th Chemical Company

Leading soliders in preparation to defend against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear threats.

Associate, Jensen Hughes

Providing data science consulting to clients in the nuclear power space. Leveraging natural language processing and artificial intellegence to predict real-time functional risk at nuclear power plants to ensure safe operations.

Research Interests

Concepts

  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Bayesian Inference
  • Markov Processes
  • Decision Theory
  • Formal Logic

Fields

  • National Security
  • Market Research
  • Geopolitics

Personal Life

Erin is an avid hiker and rockclimber. Her outdoor expeditions have spanned the continental United States. She is actively pursuing a lifetime goal of visiting every National Park in the United States. So far, she has visited \(\frac{8}{63}\) parks:

  1. Rocky Mountain National Park
  2. Mount Rainier National Park
  3. Olympic National Park
  4. Zion National Park
  1. Bryce Canyon National Park
  2. Canyonlands National Park
  3. Captiol Reef National park
  4. Arches National Park

Erin has been powerlifting since 2016. She hopes to compete in a powerlifting competiton in the DC area this coming Spring.

References

Järvinen, Kirsi M., Erin C. Davis, Erin Bevec, Courtney M. Jackson, Catherine Pizzarello, Elizabeth Catlin, Miranda Klein, et al. 2022. “Biomarkers of Development of Immunity and Allergic Diseases in Farming and Non-Farming Lifestyle Infants: Design, Methods and 1 Year Outcomes in the ‘Zooming in to Old Order Mennonites’ Birth Cohort Study.” Frontiers in Pediatrics 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.916184.
Levandowski, Brooke A., Jessica Steinke, Cheyenne Stewart, Antonio E. Urbina, Terri L. Wilder, Erin Bevec, and Timothy D. Dye. 2023. “Ending the Epidemic: Building Health Care Capacity Through HIV and HCV Preceptorship Programs.” AIDS Education and Prevention 35 (3): 213–24. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2023.35.3.213.
Richards, Christopher P. AND Wojtowycz, Nicole K. AND Morley. 2022. “Use of Open-Text Responses to Recode Categorical Survey Data on Postpartum Contraception Use Among Women in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Inquiry of Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Data.” PLOS Medicine 19 (1): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003878.